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Rafael Carrión Sr. Rafael Carrión Sr. (January 3, 1891 – March 26, 1964), the patriarch of one of Puerto Rico's financial dynasties, was one of the founding fathers [1] [2] of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, the largest bank in Puerto Rico and the largest Hispanic bank in the United States. [3]
W. W Holding Company. Categories: Financial services companies of Puerto Rico. Banks of insular areas of the United States. Banks of the Caribbean.
Bancolombia S.A. Bancolombia S.A. (also known as Grupo Bancolombia; formerly: Banco de Colombia) is a full-service financial institution that provides financial products and services in Colombia, Panama, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, Peru and Guatemala. Bancolombia is one of the six banking-related companies of the COLCAP index.
The foreign and intergovernmental relations of Puerto Rico are governed by the Commerce and Territorial Clause of the Constitution of the United States. Because of this, they are subject to the plenary powers of Congress. Nonetheless, Puerto Rico has established relations with foreign nations, particularly with Hispanic American countries such ...
On August 13, 1898, the Spanish–American War ended with Spain ceding Puerto Rico to the United States. The Banco Español de Puerto Rico was renamed Bank of Puerto Rico and issued bills equivalent to the United States dollar, creating the Puerto Rican dollar. In 1902, the First National Bank of Puerto Rico issued banknotes in a parallel manner.
Its trademark El Banco del Pueblo is Spanish for The People’s Bank. The W Holding Company was a financial holding corporation located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. On April 30, 2010, Westernbank, its wholly owned bank subsidiary, failed and its deposits and assets were seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and subsequently sold to ...
Landing and first settlement. On 25 September 1493, Christopher Columbus set sail on his second voyage with 17 ships and 1,200–1,500 men from Cádiz, Spain. [4] On 19 November 1493 he landed on the island, naming it San Juan Bautista in honor of Saint John the Baptist . The first Spanish settlement, Caparra, was founded on 8 August 1508 by ...
The Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico ( GDB) — Spanish: Banco Gubernamental de Fomento para Puerto Rico ( BGF )— is the government bond issuer, intragovernmental bank, fiscal agent, and financial advisor of the government of Puerto Rico. [1] [2] The bank, along with its subsidiaries and affiliates, serves as the principal entity ...